Police in Texas enlist K-9s to combat child exploitation

ROCKWALL, Texas — The rising number of child sex abuse and exploitation cases has led more Texas police agencies to rely on an extra set of eyes and a nose in the field.

Just a few days on the job and the newest employee at the Rockwall Police Department, just east of Dallas, is getting used to her new coworkers, like Phillip Young.

For more than a decade, Young has been a detective in Rockwall, with more than two decades as an officer overall. But he said even with all those years of experience under his belt, sometimes key items at the scene slip through the cracks…

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